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Cathrine Degnen

@_catdeg

Anthropologist, question-asker. Likes dilemmas, the socio-cultural sort. Views mine. https://xitter.gq/t.co/4SDgHQqG9D & Instagram: @covid19_brexit_identity

 Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Joined August 2012
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Important thread re. generation and the pandemic, and again something we’re exploring in our fieldwork. #Covid had profound impacts across generation and this is reflected in moments of intergenerational understanding/solidarity existing alongside discourses of division/tension.
Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) profile pictureLewis Goodall
@lewis_goodall23 Mar 2021
Yet more evidence from ONS of the profound generational imbalance of the economic effects of the pandemic. Of the Feb 2020-Feb 2021 annual decrease in employee jobs (down 693,000 overall) 63.1% (437k) were under 25 25.2% (174k) were 25-34 50-64s? Net increase of 32,000 jobs.
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Earth, Venus and Jupiter seen from Mars.
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Amanda@Pandamoanimum22 Feb 2021
February 2020 vs February 2021
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Dr Aisha Ahmad@ProfAishaAhmad4 Feb 2021
Last week, my university advertised a "pandemic productivity" seminar. Today, I got the "due to unforeseen circumstances" cancellation message. Unforeseen? Really? This little example shows why we need to change the narrative about productivity amid crisis. 🙏🏽 /Thread
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@womensart12 Feb 2021
Moon Catcher, c.2014 by Victo Ngai, artist from Hong Kong #womensart
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@VanJones687 Jan 2021
How can thousands of mostly white insurrectionists tear up the Capitol and practically nobody go to jail? #CapitolRiots #Insurrection #BlackLivesMatter
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So damn tired of living in a country that treats Black grief as a threat and white rage as a sacrament
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Fergus Hewison@BBCFHewison30 Dec 2020
This BBC article (though now out of date in terms of the areas it lists as being in Tier 4) explains what the restrictions are in Tier 4 areas. google.co.uk/amp/s/www.bbc.c…
Covid: What is the guidance across the UK now?

Covid: What is the guidance across the UK now?

Almost all of the UK's Covid rules have ended, two years after they were introduced.

bbc.co.uk
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@womensart121 Dec 2020
Contemporary Northumberland printmaker Rebecca Vincent #womensart #WinterSolstice
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Our awesome PGR @GemmaMolyneux1 has blogged about developing a new approach to her research during Covid19. Life is a rollercoaster - read all about it! #PhD #Research blogs.ncl.ac.uk/pgrsociology…
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Today we remember the 383 men and boys killed in the worst coal mining disaster in English history. The 12th & 13th December 1866 are dark days in Barnsley's history, underground explosions at The Oaks Colliery left few survivors, the youngest victim was just 11 years old.
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We are recruiting! We currently have two vacancies for an Office Manager and a Volunteer Project Manager. See the news page of our website for details on how to apply to join the team at WERS! wers.org.uk/welcome/news-and…
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Amanda@Pandamoanimum31 Oct 2020
The government telling us a press conference time is like when you text a friend you're meeting to say you're leaving your house when really you've only just got out of the shower.
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@womensart131 Oct 2020
Yayoi Kusama 'All the Eternal Love I Have for the Pumpkins' #womensart
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Bethan Harries@bethanyou21 Oct 2020
A tragedy that we can only fully comprehend via a critique of capitalism #cofiwchAberfan #cofiwchGrenfell
Ben Curtis (@DrBCCurtis) profile pictureBen Curtis@DrBCCurtis21 Oct 2020
The #AberfanDisaster occurred #OnThisDay in 1966, when a colliery spoil tip on the hill above the village slipped, engulfing the local school & other nearby buildings. A total of 144 people (116 children & 28 adults) were killed in this dreadful, heartbreaking tragedy. #Aberfan
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Bethan Harries@bethanyou21 Oct 2020
Students on #SOC3099 @NCLSociology We'll be looking at this news and examining why this line is so problematic theguardian.com/world/2020/o…
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@ChiOnwurah21 Oct 2020
In yesterday’s #BHMdebate I talked to the history of Black people in #Newcastle that I didn't know growing up. Telling stories of our shared #British history is why #BlackHistoryMonth  matters I want girls & boys today to know Geordie Africanus has a long &exciting history
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Steph Mulrine@StephMulrine16 Oct 2020
Incredible blog by my amazing colleague and friend Dr Mwenza Blell @Menzwa. Crucial insight and questioning to reflect on as part of #BlackHistoryMonth
Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) (@HDR_UK) profile pictureHealth Data Research UK (HDR UK)
@HDR_UK16 Oct 2020
'Data science isn’t a field in which Black people are very well represented. Health data science, if the make-up of HDR UK as an organisation is anything to go by, even less so. Why?' - HDR UK Fellow @Menzwa's powerful blog for #BlackHistoryMonth. hdruk.ac.uk/news/asking-ques…
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F ✴︎@luvmiu1310 Oct 2020
Thinking about this 1400 year old ginkgo tree.
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Afua Hirsch@afuahirsch9 Oct 2020
I hope our new series @EnslavedDoc drives home for ppl that Britain's coast is the site of wrecks & even graves of enslaved Africans Which are ignored & forgotten Whilst we STILL glorify the memory of enslavers @BBCTwo Sunday 9pm w @SamuelLJackson 💫 theguardian.com/commentisfre…
The injustice of slavery is not over: the graves of the enslaved are still being desecrated | Afua...

The injustice of slavery is not over: the graves of the enslaved are still being desecrated | Afua...

Brutalised in life, debased in death, the horrors are ongoing. That’s why Black history matters, says Guardian columnist Afua Hirsch

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